Gas-led recovery highly irresponsible amid major job cuts
The thousands of jobs cut by the gas industry during the COVID-19 pandemic is further proof that The Liberals and Labor’s push for a gas-led recovery is completely irresponsible. “The gas industry has made it abundantly clear that neither workers nor the environment matters when it comes to profit,” said The Greens spokesperson for Climate…
Read MoreWA Labor’s cleaner, greener jobs future is misleading
WA Labor’s claim of creating a cleaner, greener jobs future for WA is a farce, says The Greens spokesperson for Climate Change Tim Clifford MLC. In response to growing pressure from The Greens, community and even other political parties, WA Labor has released a handful of feeble commitments in an attempt to greenwash their inaction…
Read MoreBOM report stresses need for WA climate plan with 2019 and 2020 hottest on record
Today’s release of the BOM annual climate statement amid emergency-level bushfires and fears of yet another catastrophic fires season reinforced the dire need for a comprehensive state-based climate policy, says The Greens (WA) spokesperson for climate change Tim Clifford. “Unprecedented weather and climate records are rapidly becoming the norm yet WA is still without a…
Read MoreThe end of the gravy train for big polluters: The Greens (WA)
The Greens (WA) will invest almost $1 billion annually into supporting new and emerging clean industries by ensuring fossil fuel industries pay their fair share. Announced today alongside The Greens (WA) Tackling Climate Change policy, the Making Polluters Pay policy will raise more than $875 million per year by ending government subsidies for fossil fuel…
Read MoreTax polluters not EVs
While the rest of the world is offering incentives to purchase electric vehicles, Labor and Liberal states across Australia are set to become the first governments in the world to tax electric vehicles specifically, with the McGowan Government unable to rule out if they will follow suit. The South Australian, New South Wales and Victorian…
Read MoreEPA revised guidelines a win for industry not community
“The EPA’s revised guidelines are in complete opposition to the action that WA needs to be taking on the climate crisis. “Rather than require all new and expanding projects to fully offset emissions, the revised guidelines have fallen in line with the McGowan Government’s greenhouse gas policy which fails to set any hard targets for…
Read MoreEPA backdown on greenhouse gas guidelines
“Though I am yet to see the revised guidelines, today’s article is highly concerning,” Mr Clifford said. “The EPA greenhouse gas guidelines were originally published to ensure WA’s environment is adequately protected, and to reflect contemporary science. “If the EPA does align its revised guidelines with the McGowan Government’s shameful and ineffective aspirational greenhouse gas…
Read MoreWA Labor net zero aspiration is just greenwashing
The McGowan Government’s refusal to legislate its net zero emissions aspiration is proof it’s policy is just greenwashing says The Greens spokesperson for climate, Tim Clifford MLC. Last week 54 WA scientists, professors, doctors and academics signed a letter calling for the McGowan Government to establish a binding target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions…
Read MoreWA Labor Government willfully ignores science and backs big fossil fuel donors
The McGowan Government continues to ignore science and back big polluters despite knowing full well the impacts of increased emissions on Western Australia. The WA Parliament, today, voted against a Greens WA motion to – Acknowledge the unprecedented level of carbon emissions from WA gas projects; – Admit that the Browse Basin & Burrup Hub…
Read MoreMcGowan Government must be responsible for its complicity in climate change
The Greens (WA) spokesperson for climate change Tim Clifford has slammed the WA Labor Government for its wilful complicity in allowing big emitters to pollute with next-to-no regulations. The Guardian Australia, with analysis from the Conservation Council of Western Australia, released last night damning evidence against Western Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas industry and the State…
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